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- From: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Subject: Re: DAT, DCC and MD
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.190811.28768@e2big.mko.dec.com>
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- Sender: usenet@e2big.mko.dec.com (Mr. USENET)
- Reply-To: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua NH
- References: <C15ozr.C3F@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1993Jan20.181814.7223@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1993Jan20.213028.23989@e2big.mko.dec.com> <C19CFs.Fw1@fulcrum.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:08:11 GMT
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- In article <C19CFs.Fw1@fulcrum.co.uk>, igb@fulcrum.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes:
- |>
- |>DAT also requires highly accurate helical scan heads. These will always
- |>be more expensive than fixed heads --- witness the quite high floor for
- |>VCR mechanism prices as compared to Cassette mechanisms.
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- And DCC requires highly accurate thin-film fixed heads. These also will always
- be more expensive than the 4-track heads required for analog cassette
- mechanisms. Philips has had great difficulty getting DCC heads to track
- reliably.
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- --PSW
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